How Tinie Tempah Brought His Coat Game to the London Front Row

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Whether a coat of arms or a classic trench, the British have always had a strong attachment to outerwear. Which is why it was hardly a surprise to see Tinie Tempah, one of England’s most modern gents, sporting a natty overcoat from his impressive personal collection in the front row at Xiao Li’s Fall 2016 show today. Slipping on a black-and-yellow floral-printed topper over an all-black uniform of a fitted tee, distressed denim, and Chucks, the rakish rapper injected a sense of insouciant cool into a look that has become his calling card.

Tempah, a member of the British Fashion Council Committee and a longtime London Fashion Week fixture, may have first come to fame with his breakout 2010 hit, “Pass Out,” but lately his coat game has been making waves on fashion’s front rows. Take the caramel sheared mink coat he threw over athleisure separates for the Burberry Prorsum Fall 2016 menswear collection last month, or the oversize midnight blue velvet topper he donned for the label’s show two seasons prior. Piece by piece, it’s clear Tempah is advancing the modern English stronghold on coating.